Necktie



Dec. 15, 1931. w, KL 1,836,925

NECKTIE Filed April 29, 1929 Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE WILLIAM CHARLES KLUNK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO K. R.WEBB NECK- WEAR & MFG. (30., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A. CORPORATION OFMISSOURI NECKTIE Application filed April 29,

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in neckties of the kind known as four-in-hand ties, and has for its main objectto provide improved means for securing the small or rear end to thelarge or front end of the tie for holding the ends of the tie togetherafter being made up and worn by the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide the tie with improvedmeans forming a part of the tie for joining the large and small ends ofthe tie together while being worn so that both ends will depend togetherand form a single depending end to the tie which will tend to hold thetie in a straight position.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification and bespecifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, exemplifying the invention, and in whichFigure 1 is a front view of a made up four in-hand tie attached to acollar showing this improvement applied to the tie.

Figure 2 is an enlarged rear view of a tie having the intermediateportion broken away,

before it is made up.

Figure 3 is an enlarged rear view of a folded tie showing the manner ofsecuring the small end thereof to the large end.

Referring by numerals to the accompany ing drawings the tie 1 is made ofthe usual tie material which is shaped in the form of a tubular type andsecured by the stitching 3 on the rear side 4 of the tie.

The small end 5 of the tie is narrower in width than the large end 6,said ends 5 and 6 also being called the rear and front ends respectively of the tie, an end of the folded portions on the rear side ofthe large end -6 of the tie being free from the securing stitching 3 soas to form a flap 7.

Formed in the flap 7 is a transversely inclined slit 8 which is bound bybutton hole stitching 9 for reinforcement, said slit being 1929. SerialNo. 358,983.

for cooperation with the small end 5 of the tie.

In the use of a four-in-hand neck tie having this improvement thereon,after the tie has been made up as shown in Fig. 1, the small or rear end5 of the tie is engaged by one hand of the wearer and the other hand isused to underengage the flap 7 for manipulation so as to enter the smallend 5 of the tie in the slit and pull the small end through the slitbeneath the flap 7 as shown in Fig. 3. This securing of the small orrear end 5 of the tie in the slit 8 will securely hold the small endfrom spreading and flapping and in addition will tend to provide bodyweight to the depending portions of the tie and will serve to positionor hold the tie in a straight position while being worn.

It is to be noted that the slit 8 is disposed angularly in the flap 7,in this instance of showing in the drawings. This is for the purpose ofproviding length to the slit which otherwise could not be done by reasonof the narrowness of the flap 7 and in some instances the slit may bemade as inclining from the vertical so as to provide a reasonably longslit in a comparatively narrow tie near the bottom of the large end 6 ofthe tie.

The slit or elongated opening 8 is made less in length than the width ofthe small or rear end 5 of the tie so that the flared end of the tiemust be crumpled to reduce the width in order to pass through the slit8, and after in sertion of the end 5 has been made in the slit 8, theflared portion of the small end of the tie can be spread to its fullwidth so that the inserted end will then be wider than the len th of theslit 8. This wider portion of the end 5 of the tie after being insertedin the slit will tend to prevent the small end from working from theslit 8.

What I claim is':

1. A tubular four-in-hand neck tie having a large end and a small end;longitudinal stitching securing the edges on the rear of the tie andterminating a distance from the large end of the tie, providin a freeflap 0n the rear of the large en said flap formed with a slit for thereception of the small end of the tie.

2. A tubular four-in-hand neck tie having a large end and a small end;longitudinal stitching securing the overlapped edges on the rear of thetie to a point spaced from the end of said overlapped edges on the largeend of the tie, providing a. free flap on the rear thereof; the rear ofthe large end being formed with a slit adjacent an edge of the free flapwhich is made accessible by the free flap, for the reception ofthe smallend of the tie.

WILLIAM CHARLES KLUNK.

